The Music: · Explain the genre’s musical structure. What makes it distinctive? How can we recognize it? · Provide at least one original and one contemporary example. · Describe any connections to other genres, especially with regard to call & response, syncopation and/or polyrhythm. The Events: · Explore the historical event or person for evidence of liberty and/or equality. · Summarize the event or person: Who, what where, when? WHY is this event or person important to AA history? The Magic: · Each team will have up to 60 minutes to present a class activity or discussion. What will make the presentation special? · Document your creations on our shared ethnomusicology Wikispaces. The Video: · Each team will create a video that will help the audience understand liberty & equality, a musical genre and/or African American history. The video can be a short, 30 second “commercial” or a longer, instructional piece. The video can also be completed after the presentations, but before Jun 6, 2011.
The Music:
· Explain the genre’s musical structure. What makes it distinctive? How can we recognize it?
· Provide at least one original and one contemporary example.
· Describe any connections to other genres, especially with regard to call & response, syncopation and/or polyrhythm.
The Events:
· Explore the historical event or person for evidence of liberty and/or equality.
· Summarize the event or person: Who, what where, when? WHY is this event or person important to AA history?
The Magic:
· Each team will have up to 60 minutes to present a class activity or discussion. What will make the presentation special?
· Document your creations on our shared ethnomusicology Wikispaces.
The Video:
· Each team will create a video that will help the audience understand liberty & equality, a musical genre and/or African American history. The video can be a short, 30 second “commercial” or a longer, instructional piece. The video can also be completed after the presentations, but before Jun 6, 2011.